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David Ebel
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Escondido, California
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Major David Ebel, Chaplain
Profile Information
- Residence.
- Escondido, California
- Department:
- Bakersfield City Fire Department and Kern County Fire Department
- Title/rank:
- Chaplain
- Years of public service:
- 25
- Agency structure:
- Paid fire department
- Professional Qualifications:
- 25 years as a Fire Chaplain, Trained Trainer in CISM, NIMS and an active part of most CISM teams in the area
- Topics you provide training for:
- Critical Incident Stress Management, NIMS
- Areas of expertise:
- Managing and motivating groups of people, skilled at moderating groups through difficult situations. PIO,
- Bio:
- Served as a minister for about 35 years, served as Chaplain about 25 years, Founded and managed a 24 hour crisis hotline in inner city Detroit for over 3 years, Served for 2 1/2 years as Assistant Staff Chaplain at Cook County Jail in Chicago, Trained in several levels of Critical Incident Stress Management disaster counseling and as a Trained Trainer, too. In traveling the country for 12 years and even traveling beyond, I have seen so many that are out there "taking care of business" but have not had someone at home to then help them manage the trauma that was experienced. "Suck it up" is not an acceptable way to manage trauma and traumatic events. Sharing with others who do understand what you feel because they have been there before you allows for every responder to have somewhere to go to vent, debrief and sort out what we feel from what we have done.
I am the founding chairman of the Kern County VOAD, Inc. which is coordinating all disaster related groups to create a cooperative and profession community response by sharing resources and leadership to pre plan for disasters and then do post disaster response helping those recovering to be cared for appropriately.
My trainings include:
Fire fighter 1 & 2,
CISM Individual Support
CISM Group
CISM Advanced
CISM Emotional and Spiritual Care
CISM Grief Following Trauma
CISM Pastoral Crisis Intervention
Trained Trainer in CISM Individual Support
Trained Trainer in CISM Group
Trained Trainer in CISM Emotional and Spiritual Care
Trained Trainer in Grief Following Trauma
Grief, Trauma and Loss (advanced class by Dr. H.Norman Wright)
NIMS Trained Trainer 100,200, 300,400 and 700
Founded an Amatuer Radio SATERN (Salvation Army Team Emergency Radio Network) as disaster radio communications
- Web site:
- http://disasterresponders.ning.com
David Ebel's Blog
Serving Inside out instead of Serving outside looking in....
Having been a Fire Chaplain for over 25 years has made me love fire service so much more than I did when I got started. Starting out at a volunteer/partially paid department and learning on the job really did a number on my initial confidence. that I kept asking myself " why do these guys spend double or triple what they make to be on call for extreme times and have to work a job with this commitment to even be here?"
It all started when I was a new mission pastor in town and was having… Continue
It all started when I was a new mission pastor in town and was having… Continue
Posted on August 9, 2008 at 2:48am — 2 Comments
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Thank you for the years you have served the Lord as Chaplain
Well, so far, regarding the SICHUAN earthquake operation, totally more than 8700 trapped or buried people were rescued by our firefighters, and among them 1701 are alive. Besides, the army and other emergency service did an excellent job there. I am drafting an article regarding our responding action for the FIRE ENGINEERING. will let YOU know as soon as I can.
take care.
Shauna
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